Best Practices

The SoTechEM project identifies and disseminates best practices in the use of social technologies for first responders and government agencies.

Training

The SoTechEm Team offers state-of-the-art training on the use of social technologies for emergency managers.

Datasets

The SoTechEM team makes its social technologies and first response datasets openly available to other researchers.

The research project Social Technologies in Emergency Management examines the use of social media by emergency management and response organizations that fall into one of five categories: fire departments, law enforcement agencies, emergency medical care providers, public health organizations, and executive emergency management departments.

Emergency management use of social media can include offering emergency event preparedness tips, after-action reports, or opportunities for community engagement to learn about preparedness.